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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One of the lowest/no cost option had the late start elementary school kids getting off buses at 5pm and not starting until like 9:40.  [b]There was all this talk about older kids not being able to watch siblings, [/b]but I think a MUCH larger group that was ignored in this calculation is the number of parents who currently flex their schedules to get kids on the bus at 8:45-9 that can still make a 9am call from home or make it into the office before 10.  Shifting "just 30 minutes" makes a normal government hours workday impossible.

As someone who has taught at all 3 levels, this change also does not take into account that many teachers work at the level they do because it works with their commute/own child's school schedule. If it is changed, it will lead to massive shifts around the county and may also force some teachers to go to another county. [/quote]

Actually, if you look at the board docs they address this issue. In the surveys they did of parents and students they found like something around 80 percent of MS and HS kids weren’t watching younger siblings. Which suggested to me that they aren’t going to accept that argument anymore. [/quote]

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